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Egypt: Draft bill to criminalize same-sex relations amid unprecedented homophobic crackdown

More than 60 members of Egypt’s parliament have proposed a deeply discriminatory law that will explicitly criminalize same-sex sexual activity...

Mauritania : Death penalty for Facebook blogger quashed

In response to today’s Appeal Court ruling in Mauritania releasing a blogger who had been sentenced to death for writing...

China: Veteran democracy activist Yang Tongyan dies while on medical parole

The passing of Chinese writer and government critic Yang Tongyan underlines an alarming lack of accountability for the pattern of...

Mauritania: Facebook blogger’s death sentence for apostasy must be quashed

Mauritania must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender Mohamed Mkhaïtir, who has been sentenced to death for criticizing the...

Afghanistan: Deadly attack on TV station is a horrific crime

Responding to the attack on the Pashto-language Shamshad TV station – a partner of the BBC – in Kabul by...

Manus Island: Court ruling jeopardizes lives

The current situation on Manus Island amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment Lives are at risk unless PNG authorities...

Paradise Papers: Time for action on grand-scale tax abuse

Governments must take urgent steps to crack down on tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance by wealthy individuals and companies,...

OPEN LETTER: Trudeau Must Raise Grave Human Rights Issues in Philippines, Viet Nam and Myanmar during Visit to the Region

Amnesty International is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to raise pressing human rights concerns during his visits to the...

Freedom of religion must include protection of Indigenous sacred sites: Supreme Court decision on Ktunaxa case a missed opportunity for reconciliation

PUBLIC STATEMENT 3 November 2017 Amnesty International is deeply disappointed in yesterday’s Supreme Court of Canada decision dismissing an appeal...

Amnesty Calls on President Trump to Shut Down Military Commissions

NEW YORK— The Guantánamo military judge handling the case of the alleged USS Cole bomber has ordered three civilian defense...

Open Letter to the Government of British Columbia: Upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples means stopping Site C

The Site C dam is a project that should never have been approved. As the British Columbia Utilities Commission has...

New York Suspect Must Not Be Sent to Guantánamo

Amnesty International USA Release NEW YORK— After President Trump said he would consider sending the man accused of yesterday’s attack...

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